St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-26

NUNS as once, that therefore you are on
the wrong road The road will bring
YOU out at the same gate whether you
walk with the stride Of an athlete or
come up on crutCheS. thousands OF
Christians morbid about helreNperlcnccS
and morbid about their business, and
morbid about the present, and morbid
about the future, need the sermon | am
now preaching.
Stephen A. Douglas gave the name of
"suuatter sovereignty to those who went
out West and took possession OF the
lands and held them by right Of prcoccu-
patton. Let a flock OF sins settle on your
heart before YOU get TO twenty-five years
of age, and they will in all probability
keep possession of it by an internal
suuattcr sovereignty. II promise to pay
at the bank five hundred dollars SIX
months from date, says The pr0miSsOry
note. Il promise to pay my life thirty
years from date at the bank Of the
grave says every inGractiOn of the laws
of your physical being.
What Will a man body never com
plctely recover from early dissipation in
this world? Never How about the
world to come? Perhaps God will fix it
up in the resurrection body so that it
will not have to go limping through all
eternity; but get the liver thoroughly
damaged and it will stay damaged Ply
slclans call 1t cancer of the liver, or
hardening OF the liver, or cirrhosis OF the
liver, OF Inflammation OF the liver, or
fatty degeneration OF the liver but Solo
mon puts all these pangs into one figure
and says: It'll the dart strike through
his liver.'
llesiod seemed to have some hint of
this when he represented Promethcus for
his crimes fastened to a pillar and an
eagle feeding on his liver which was re-
neWcd again each night, so that the de-
VOurinG went on until finally Hercules
slew the eagle and rescued Promet tIrUs.
And a dis>ipatcd early life assures Il
ferocity pecking away and c1aWing away
at the liver year in and year out, and
Death is the only Hercules who can
break the power OF ITS beak or unCiench
lis claw. 80 also Virgin ana Homer
Wro.e lahie> anool VuIl'lreS prtNihG upon
tIle IlNtT' bEl ihcfe are NOSE mere 'o-'!AH
WITH whom II Is no 1able, Dut terFilIc
reailtE
mat young man smoking cigarettes
anu smoking cigars mas no luca 'llat ne
- getting tor himself smoked HIer. nat
young man has no idea that he has ny
carry dlSslpa)lon so deplttcu MS enerTles
lla' ne VIII 20 INTO me bal'le onlN man
armed. Napoleon l0Sl W aterIoo GAYS
before II was fought. Had ne attacked
me EngllSh army before II was re-
lntorced, and taken 1t DIVISION by
dlNlHlon, he might nave won inc
day, but ne waited until he had only
one hundred thousand men against TWO
hundred Thousand. Ana mere IS a young
man VINO, II he put All MS forces against
the regiments OF Nouthlul TEN !'ai1ohS'
III 'he a'FenEth OF "ou hilSht "llNt 'le'n
nach' OUT ne IS aIIoNIhS tleh 70 oe re-
lh1oFceo by the "hoie army OF hlio-llle
temptations, ana "hen all these COM
plhed forces are massen AGAINST nim ana
no ~, 'rouchS comes 70 Ielp MN anu
blutHtl HAS come 10 lleIp His iots, WHAT
Out lmmor'al deleal can await MN
Oh, my young brother, do not make
the mistake that thousands all around
you are making, III opening the battle
against SIN too late, Tor tins world TOO
late, and tor the world to come TOO late.
What brings that express train from st.
Louis into Jersey City three hours late;
They lost htteen minutes early on the
route, and that affected them all the way,
and they had to be switched Oft here and
switched of there, and detained here
and detained there, and the man VINO
loses time and strength IN the carrier
part OF the Journey OF lite Will suffer tor
1t all the way through, the first twenty
years OF lite damaging the following
nifty years.
Some years ago a scientific lecturer
went through the country exhibiting on
great canvas different parts OF the hui
man body when healthy, and different
parts when diseased. And what the
world wants now is some eloquent sclen-
fist to go through the country showing
to our young people on blazing canvas
the drunkard's liver, the idler's liver, the
libertine's liver, the gamblers liver. Per
haps the spectacle might stop some young
man before he comes to the same catas-
trophe, and the dart strike through his
own liver.
There is kind OF sickness that IS
beautiful when it comes from overwork
for God, or ones country, or ones own
family. l have seen wounds that were
glorious. After the battle Of Antletam
IN the hospital a soldier in reply to my
question: wv here are you hurt?' uncov-
cred his bosom and showedsme cash
that looked like badge OF eternal no.
blllty. L nave seen an empty sleeve
that was more beautl1ul IMAM the most
forearm. L have seen
green shade over the eye shot out
IN battle that was more beautiful
hof tyNN